1. How bootcamps can
boost startup culture
Garage48 lessons in Africa and Eastern Europe
Ragnar Sass
Founder of Garage48
11. March 2013 Stanford University
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2. What is
Garage48 about?
8th May 2011, Nigeria, Lagos
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3. One event
ca 100 participants
Developers + Designers +
Business people +
Marketing wizzards + Ideas
10 - 15 teams
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4. 20 events in
Africa and Eastern Europe
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5. 1300 + participants
243 prototypes
more than 10 new companies
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6. Garage48 goals
3rd March 2013, Belarus, Minsk
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7. working PROTOTYPE within a single WEEKEND
Show that STARTUP = GREAT TEAM
CONNECT people from different areas
Bring international know-how to help
You go GLOBAL from first day
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8. Look4care.com
Single mum Diana did’t know anything about IT
How to find nanny?
1000 registered users in first week
Bootstrapping company 2 years later
27th January 2011, Estonia, Tallinn
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9. MafutaGO
Mobile app - Gas station
with best price
Global mobile award @
Barcelona Mobile Congress
2012
26th September 2011, Uganda, Kampala
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10. Mediahint.com
How to Use Netflix, Pandora, Hulu, Rdio from
Anywhere
25 000+ users with first week
29th October 2012, Latvia, Riga
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11. Lesson 1
Presenting is harder than building
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12. Lesson 2
Lesson 2
Successful project needs people
with different skills
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13. Lesson 3
Learning, new experience, networking
and having fun!
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14. Lesson 4
Weekend is just a beginning - The key is
how keep to teams motivated
continuously
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15. My personal story
in startup world
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16. Pipedrive CRM
Best tool for direct sales
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17. Pipedrive CRM
Best tool for direct sales
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18. Pipedrive
2,300
3,400 paying companies
1,725
91 countries
1,150
575
panies
# of paying com
0
2011 2012 2013
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19. Welcome to join!
www.garage48.org
@garage48
facebook.com/garage48
In train to Russian event
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20. Thank you!
linkedin.com/in/ragnarsass
@ragnars
ragnar@garage48.com
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